Tom Orsborn: Spurs battle L.A. traffic

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It wasn’t anywhere near what Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called the “debacle in New Orleans,” but the team’s bus trip from their hotel in Santa Monica to the Staples Center in downtown L.A. wasn’t exactly a bed of roses either.

“It was a little slow going,” Popovich said. “Six o’clock in L.A. isn’t the best time to be going downtown. It took 45 minutes. But you can’t complain about that (after the seven-hour delay in New Orleans).”